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en-usPenn State University Relationsnews@psu.edu (Penn State News)Humans And Climate Both Contributed To Large Ice-Age Mammal Extinctionhttp://news.psu.edu/story/153454/2011/11/28/humans-and-climate-both-contributed-large-ice-age-mammal-extinction
Climate change and humans were responsible for extinction of the woolly mammoth and other large ice-age mammals, according to an international group of scientists.
http://news.psu.edu/story/153454/2011/11/28/humans-and-climate-both-contributed-large-ice-age-mammal-extinctionMon, 28 Nov 2011 11:46 -0500Penn State News - woolly mammothHigher education historian examines Penn State's land-grant traditionhttp://news.psu.edu/story/157234/2011/06/20/higher-education-historian-examines-penn-states-land-grant-tradition
On May 13, 2011, Roger Geiger, distinguished professor of higher education at Penn State, spoke about the University's history as a land-grant institution at the initiation and awards ceremony of Penn State's Phi Beta Kappa chapter, Lambda of Pennsylvania. Following is a transcript of his talk.
http://news.psu.edu/story/157234/2011/06/20/higher-education-historian-examines-penn-states-land-grant-traditionMon, 20 Jun 2011 11:31 -0400Penn State News - woolly mammothMammoth Discovery: Decoding the Secrets of Ice Age DNA with Stephan Schusterhttp://news.psu.edu/story/141158/2010/04/06/research/mammoth-discovery-decoding-secrets-ice-age-dna-stephan-schuster
"Evolution is never frozen," said Stephan Schuster at the Penn State Downtown Theatre last Wednesday, March 31. Schuster, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, discussed his exciting work—sequencing the DNA of woolly mammoths—with an enthusiastic crowd of about 90 people from both the campus and community, from schoolchildren to retirees.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141158/2010/04/06/research/mammoth-discovery-decoding-secrets-ice-age-dna-stephan-schusterTue, 06 Apr 2010 (All day) -0400Penn State News - woolly mammothMammoth Achievement: Researchers at the forefront of molecular biologyhttp://news.psu.edu/story/141655/2010/01/19/research/mammoth-achievement-researchers-forefront-molecular-biology
Forget Jurassic Park. By successfully sequencing the DNA of a long-extinct species, Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller have helped push back the boundaries of molecular biology.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141655/2010/01/19/research/mammoth-achievement-researchers-forefront-molecular-biologyTue, 19 Jan 2010 (All day) -0500Penn State News - woolly mammothTwo Penn State scientists in TIME Magazine's Top 100 Most Influentialhttp://news.psu.edu/story/176870/2009/05/01/two-penn-state-scientists-time-magazines-top-100-most-influential
Penn State professors Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller have been named among "The World's Most Influential People" by TIME Magazine. The May 11 issue of the magazine describes the "TIME 100" winners and their accomplishments. Schuster, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, and Miller, a professor of biology and of computer science and engineering, are leaders of a team that is the first to report the genome-wide sequence of an extinct animal, the woolly mammoth. They developed a novel approach for gene studies that reads ancient DNA highly efficiently. They also were the first to achieve the successful sequencing of genes from the extinct Tasmanian tiger. Their research has opened the door to the widespread, nondestructive use of museum specimens to learn why mammals become extinct and how extinctions might be prevented.
http://news.psu.edu/story/176870/2009/05/01/two-penn-state-scientists-time-magazines-top-100-most-influentialFri, 01 May 2009 14:56 -0400Penn State News - woolly mammothHair of Tasmanian Tiger yields genes of extinct specieshttp://news.psu.edu/story/180637/2009/01/12/hair-tasmanian-tiger-yields-genes-extinct-species
All the genes that the exotic Tasmanian Tiger inherited only from its mother will be revealed by an international team of scientists in a research paper published today (Jan. 13) in the online edition of Genome Research. The research marks the first successful sequencing of genes from this carnivorous marsupial, which looked like a large tiger-striped dog and became extinct in 1936. The research also opens the door to the widespread, nondestructive use of museum specimens to learn why mammals become extinct and how extinctions might be prevented. "Our goal is to learn how to prevent endangered species from going extinct," said Webb Miller, a Penn State professor of biology and of computer science and engineering and a member of the research team that includes scientists from the United States, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Germany. "I want to learn as much as I can about why large mammals become extinct because all my friends are large mammals," Miller said. "However, I am expecting that publication of this paper also will reinvigorate discussions about possibly bringing the extinct Tasmanian Tiger back to life."
http://news.psu.edu/story/180637/2009/01/12/hair-tasmanian-tiger-yields-genes-extinct-speciesMon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00 -0500Penn State News - woolly mammothFox News interviews professor about woolly mammoth DNA sequencinghttp://news.psu.edu/story/181404/2008/11/25/fox-news-interviews-professor-about-woolly-mammoth-dna-sequencing
Fox News interviewed on Tuesday (Nov. 25) morning Stephan Schuster, Penn State professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and co-leader of a team that is the first to report the genome-wide sequence of an extinct animal. The research team -- co-led by Webb Miller, professor of biology and of computer science and engineering -- has worked to sequence the genetic makeup of the woolly mammoth. An online link to the interview is available in the full version of this article.
http://news.psu.edu/story/181404/2008/11/25/fox-news-interviews-professor-about-woolly-mammoth-dna-sequencingTue, 25 Nov 2008 13:36 -0500Penn State News - woolly mammothWoolly mammoth DNA researcher interviewed for two national news showshttp://news.psu.edu/story/181556/2008/11/20/woolly-mammoth-dna-researcher-interviewed-two-national-news-shows
Researcher Stephan Schuster, Penn State professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and co-leader of a team that is the first to report the genome-wide sequence of an extinct animal, is scheduled to be featured on two national television news shows. The research team sequenced the genetic makeup of the woolly mammoth. Schuster appeared Thursday (Nov. 20) on the "CBS Evening News" and was interviewed for a future segment of ABC's morning news program, "Good Morning America." An online link to the CBS segment is available in the full version of this article.
http://news.psu.edu/story/181556/2008/11/20/woolly-mammoth-dna-researcher-interviewed-two-national-news-showsThu, 20 Nov 2008 16:43 -0500Penn State News - woolly mammothA Mammoth Jobhttp://news.psu.edu/story/141649/2006/09/11/research/mammoth-job
With its shaggy coat and giant, up-turned tusks, the woolly mammoth was well-adapted to Ice-Age cold. That same cold held the secrets of the animal's DNA for some 28,000 years until scientists from Penn State and McMaster Universityuncovered it last year.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141649/2006/09/11/research/mammoth-jobMon, 11 Sep 2006 (All day) -0400Penn State News - woolly mammoth